Can holder



May 20, 1930. v F 'J MQRAyEK 1,759,797

CAN HOLDER Filed Sept. 10, 1927 JJMOZQ vei,

INVENTOR a v r ATTO R N EY 'Patented May 20, 1930 :UNITEDST'ATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK JIMORAVEK, OF HOLYBOOD, KANSAS GAN- HOLDER Application filed September 10, 1927. Serial K91 218565.

The present invention relates to can holders and is particularly adapted for holding a milk can on the running board ofan automobile. I v p 5 Objects of'the invention aresimplicity and cheapness of construction, efiectiveness in o'p eration'and neatness of appearance.

.In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing my 1 device as used onthe running board of an automobile to clamp a milk can thereupon, showing the can broken away.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clamping device forming the subject matter of the invention. k 7

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10 designates a support, as a running board of an automobile. 11 is a milk can placed thereon.

12 is the can holder which comprises a body,

portion 13, from which project pairsof parallel spaced arms 14 and 15 adapted to receive therebetween the support, as a running board, upon which the can'issupported. The ends of the arms '14 and 15 enlarge at the end adjacent the body 13 to form abutments 16.

The sets of clamping. arms 14 and 15 are bound between the shoulders 16 and the clamp screw 21 as shown in Figure 1.

Having described the invention what I claim is: r

Aholder comprising spaced parallel arms, 5 enlargements formed with the arms and conneoting the latter at one end in superposed pairs, a. body portion connecting the enlarge ments together, the opposite ends of said arms being free,an arm formed with the body portion, an upwardly projecting portion formed in the last mentioned arm and being spaced with respect to the body portion to provide a channel, said enlargements providing shoulders, ascr'ew member threadedly secured in the upwardly projectingportion and being adapted for engagement with the depending rim of a container received in said channel to force said rim against said shoulders, and means carried by the lower arms of the pairs, 7 for'securing said holder to a support.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK J. MORAVEK.

spaced apart horizontally as'are also the abutmentshoulders 16. Projecting from the body 7 portion and lying between the'abutments '16 is an arm 17- having a portion 20projecting upwardly to form a channel 18 adapted to re ceive the edgeof the can. Threaded into the arms 14at their free ends are clamp screws 7 19 adjustable to clamp the running board bea tween the arms 14' and 15. Likewise, the arm 17 is provided with a clamp screw 21 adapted to clamp the rim of the can against'the abutment shoulders 16.

\Vhen it is desired to clamp can to the I then tightened so that the wall of the can is- 

